POP QUIZ: Guess The Fastest Growing Restaurant Chain In America

From a new report from Barclays, the fastest growing private
restaurant chains.

Barclays

Note that this is private restaurants: If Chipotle were on there,
it'd be in fourth place at 23% according to Barclays.

Regardless, Five Guys Burgers and Fries tops the list despite the
fact that burger restaurants have a more widespread penetration
than any other concept. There is approximately one burger joint
for every 2,700 people.

A few other things we learned from the report:

Following burgers, the next biggest category of restaurant is
bakery coffee shop: There are over 77,000 of those.

Five Guys is still only the 14th biggest burger/sandwich
chain.

The biggest family/casual dining chain is IHOP, which
continues to grow at a 5.5% annualized rate. Denny's is the
second biggest in that category, and it has been shrinking in
recent years.

In terms of restaurant concept growth, Asian appears to be
the fastest growing category. It includes names like Panda
Express and PF Chang's China Bistro. Overall these restaurants
are growing at over 12% per year.